TV, contributors, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight By Ellen Ricks on Tue,11:17 Starting from middle school and well into my late teens, you could find me in bed, mouth full of braces, face full of acne, starry eyes mooning at the TV as I watched my favorite love stories unfold: Damon and Elena, Bella and Edward, and the one true pairing, Chuck and Blair. Read More > TV, Charmed, Charmed Reboot, The CW By Princess Weekes on Tue,11:09 The wars between the Charmed Ones has been exhausting already, and until the reboot premieres, I'm sure they won't end, but as of right now, I'm not sure if this is helping anyone. Read More > Big on the Internet, racism, Twitter, Vincent D'Onofrio By Vivian Kane on Tue,8:25 Vincent D'Onofrio has been a successful working actor for more than three decades, but he recently turned to Twitter to crowdsource a bit of career advice. Read More > AMP Featured, Gaming, eSports, Fortnite, women in gaming By Vivian Kane on Mon,5:55 Tyler "Ninja" Blevins is a Fortnite superstar. With over 10,000,000 subscribers, the 27-year-old is the most popular streamer on all of Twitch. And in a new interview with Polygon, he's defended his choice not to stream with female players, essentially branding himself the Mike Pence of online gaming. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Kiernan Shipka, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,5:44 100% more devil worship, 100% less Salem the cat's sarcasm. Read More > Big on the Internet, Alex Jones, Jack Dorsey, Twitter By Kate Gardner on Mon,5:32 In a somewhat unsurprising turn of events, apparently Alex Jones considers Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey an ally of his in the "fight" against globalists. Given that Twitter is now the only social media platform to not disavow and ban Jones, and that they have decided that bigotry is acceptable speech on their platform, this is sadly not particularly shocking. Read More > News, nerd culture, nerds, The New York Times By Kate Gardner on Mon,3:52 When I first read Jennifer Wright's genius op-ed "Jocks Rule, Nerds Drool" in the New York Times yesterday, my first reaction was, "Well, someone needed to say it." Read More > Movies, Disney, Liu Yifei, Mulan By Princess Weekes on Mon,3:05 Disney has released its first official image of actress Liu Yifei as Mulan in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the classic film. It's not a lot to go on, and I haven't seen her previous work, but my initial thoughts are that Yifei looks great in the shot. Read More > News, protests, Unite the Right, white supremacy By Vivian Kane on Mon,2:40 Only a couple dozen white supremacists showed up for Washington D.C.' s "Unite the Right 2," but the D.C. Metro rolled out the red carpet for them anyway. Read More > Big on the Internet, fat shaming, insatiable, Netflix By Princess Weekes on Mon,1:43 Why do we have a problem with allowing fat characters to be angry? Read More > TV, Elisabeth Moss, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale By Liz Lanier on Mon,12:44 The question of whether or not we can even call The Handmaid’s Tale a feminist show comes into play when so much of the “entertainment” is the abuse of women. Women are raped repeatedly, shocked by cattle prods, burned by stovetop burners, maimed—it’s hard to call a show that features the constant torture of female characters a feminist one. But what can we learn from it? Read More > TV, Arrowverse, Batwoman, Ruby Rose, The CW By Princess Weekes on Mon,11:59 Ruby Rose has quit Twitter and shut off her comments on Instagram, due to backlash against her casting on Batwoman. Read More > Big on the Internet, Chloe Dykstra, Chris Hardwick, The Talking Dead By Kate Gardner on Mon,11:33 After AMC decided to re-hire Chris Hardwick following allegations of sexual assault and emotional abuse from ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, the host made his return to the Talking Dead stage last night, becoming visibly emotional as he addressed the audience before the show. Read More > Big on the Internet, Japan, Pikachu, Pokémon (franchise) By Charline Jao on Mon,8:57 Over 1,500 Pikachus are in the Yokohama Minato Mirai dancing, riding boats, and generally having fun. One even has a rainbow afro! Read More > AMP Featured, TV, Astroturf, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight By Charline Jao on Mon,7:37 The fake grassroots movement is full of lies and deception, and John Oliver warns that the dangers can go "way beyond the narrow issues that each group is trying to influence". Read More > Big on the Internet, #MeToo Movement, Lindsay Lohan, things we saw today By Kate Gardner on Sun,5:41 Following up her comments about #MeToo making strong women look weak, Lindsay Lohan has apologized for her previous comments about the movement. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Disney, Jungle Cruise, LGBTQ Representation By Kate Gardner on Sun,3:30 Take this news with a grain of salt, as it has yet to be confirmed by any other sources. The Sun is reporting that comedian Jack Whitehall is joining the cast of Disney's upcoming film Jungle Cruise as the openly gay brother of Emily Blunt's character. Read More > News, omarosa manigault newman, politics, Trump By Kate Gardner on Sun,2:32 My apologies to everyone who hoped for a politics free Sunday. Read More > Movies, Sony, Spider-Man, Venom By Kate Gardner on Sun,12:28 Despite director Ruben Fleischer's assurance at SDCC that he was pushing for an R rating for his upcoming anti-superhero film Venom, Sony might have some different plans. IndieWire is reporting that sources close the studio have leaked to Variety that they might be seeking a PG-13 rating for the film, in order to leave the door open to a possible cross-over with Spider-Man one day. Read More > |
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